- [Narrator] For this video, I've created a new folder.It's called MC89. It's in the Update Project Files folder.And we're going to work on a project called Source Browser.I'm just going to open that up.This is actually an empty project becausewe're going to look at some new featuresin Avid Media Composer 8.9 for the source browser.So, I'm going to go to the Tools menuand I'm going to choose Source Browser, and here we are.First off, I'm going to go to the text view here and I'm go...

Just look at my desktop at these exercise files.And I'm going to look inside our Rock ClimberQuicktimes folder.I've got a long list of items in hereand I'm going to switch to viewing this in the frame view.In this view, we have a zoom controland I can use the regular keyboard shortcut,that'd be Control L, or Command L on Mac OS,or Control K or Command K, to make these bigger and smaller.But if I just drag through here with the zoom control...

Let me come down from that system file.You can see, I can make these really very big.In fact, if I stretch this up even moreyou can now get really massive thumbnails.I'm recording this video on a relativelylow screen resolution so it's easier for youto view this video on a smaller screen.But on a higher resolution screen, I think you'llreally appreciate this new feature.Of course, one problem is, we might run out of spaceto view the contents within this display.

In fact, you can see, as I hover my mouse over the thumbnailMedia Composer's just overlapping the top and bottomof the thumbnail right in front of the interfacein order to display the full resolution of the image.You'll notice, we've got a new button at the bottomof this display area, right here, which will expandor contract the area displaying the thumbnails.If I click on this, the controlsin the source browser disappearand now I've got a better view of these thumbnails.

You can also click and drag with the mouse.You see I get this double-headed arrow and if I clickand drag, you don't really have much finessing here.It really is just big or small, but it's niceto be able to switch the view this wayand see the thumbnails more clearly.So those are the two main new features in the source browser...I'll just shrink this down a little bit...In Avid Media Composer 8.9.

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10/13/2017

Released

3/14/2017

Media Composer 8.7 Essential Training is a two-part, start-to-finish training series for new users of Avid Media Composer. Part two focuses on advanced editing techniques and effects, which will prepare video editors for almost any post-production scenario they encounter in the wild. Learn timesaving "quick edit" techniques that use features like phantom marks to speed up your editing workflow. Find out how to leverage more precise timeline controls to recut and fine-tune the timing of footage. Discover advanced audio editing techniques, and methods for working with high-resolution media without compromising on quality or speed. Then dive into advanced effects, such as blurring, time warping, and chroma keying, and animation with the NewBlue Titler Pro plugin. Avid Certified Instructor Maxim Jago explains each technique using examples from a documentary-style promotional project—helping you develop more advanced skills and understand how Media Composer fits into a real-world post-production workflow.

Topics include:

Importing and transcoding media

Creating a group clip

Syncing picture and sound clips

Making quick edits such as stringouts

Recutting a scene

Creating subsequences

Pacing a scene with Media Composer's trim tools

Mixing sequence audio

Working with high-res media

Retiming video

Blurring

Nesting effects

Keying video

Animating titles and graphics

Skill Level Beginner

6h 22m

Duration

53,711

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Q: This course was updated on 10/13/2017. What changed?

A: New videos were added that cover what’s new in Media Composer 8.7, 8.8, and 8.9.